Icahn's Apple Bet is on Bernanke, Not Jobs's Legacy

Heavy metal has taken over Wall Street, which has adopted the anthem of "Don't Fear the Taper," sung to the tune of "Don't Fear the Reaper" from Blue Öyster Cult (mit umlaut.)

The taper, of course, is metaphor for the reduction in the Federal Reserve's $85-billion-a-month pace of purchases of Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities, which sounds a tailor's alteration. But it might make things a bit...